Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___36___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___37___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___38___. As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___39___ an exceptional person she is. How ___40___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___41___, but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___42___ hard work that go into ___43___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___44___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___45___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___46___ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ___47___ woman thank a mother for ___48___ to be a mother? For being ready ___49___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___50____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___51___? For being ___52___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___53___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___54___. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___55___ in mine.
【小题2】 | A.approve | B.appreciate | C.need | D.resemble |
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【小题5】 | A.sad | B.glad | C.comic | D.tragic |
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【小题6】 | A.absence | B.presence | C.appearance | D.existence |
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【小题7】 | A.common | B.plain | C.normal | D.usual |
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【小题8】 | A.raising | B.rising | C.developing | D.training |
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【小题9】 | A.childish | B.energetic | C.fearless | D.moody |
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【小题10】 | A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
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【小题11】 | A.detects | B.discovers | C.recognizes | D.realizes |
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【小题12】 | A.pretty | B.foolish | C.green | D.grown |
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【小题13】 | A.failing | B.intending | C.continuing | D.keeping |
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【小题15】 | A.silent | B.quiet | C.cool | D.noiseless |
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【小题16】 | A.dozen times | B.a dozen of times | C.dozens of times | D.dozen of time |
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【小题17】 | A.valuably | B.essentially | C.naturally | D.virtually |
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【小题18】 | A.devotes | B.deserts | C.deserves | D.desires |
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【小题19】 | A.set | B.settled | C.placed | D.fixed |
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